Comments on: Part 10: The case of the exploding bear http://www.robyngallagher.com/2009/12/01/part-10-the-case-of-the-exploding-bear/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=part-10-the-case-of-the-exploding-bear Adventures in words and web Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:20:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robyn http://www.robyngallagher.com/2009/12/01/part-10-the-case-of-the-exploding-bear/comment-page-1/#comment-56271 Robyn Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:23:26 +0000 http://www.robyngallagher.com/?p=3008#comment-56271 I have heard of Hamble! An English woman I work with is filled with a strange hatred for the frumpy little doll. Fortunately Manu was a much nicer one. I have heard of Hamble! An English woman I work with is filled with a strange hatred for the frumpy little doll. Fortunately Manu was a much nicer one.

]]> By: dave funkypancake http://www.robyngallagher.com/2009/12/01/part-10-the-case-of-the-exploding-bear/comment-page-1/#comment-56067 dave funkypancake Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:26:19 +0000 http://www.robyngallagher.com/?p=3008#comment-56067 one of the last things we did in the UK before emigrating to New Zealand less than 3 months ago was to go watch a comedy show being made at the BBC studios in London. The show is set in a toy shop and on display was (allegedly) original big ted as used in the UK version of Play School. The warm up man started telling us about them but was quickly silenced by the production staff so i don't think we were meant to know (but the truth is out now perhaps?) We didn't have a Manu in the UK, but we did have a Hamble, affectionally described 'the hate figure of the under-fives for the entire run of the programme': http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/playschool/trivia.shtml I shall definitely visit Te Papa to track these distant relatives of my own childhood idols. Albeit in their decapitated form. one of the last things we did in the UK before emigrating to New Zealand less than 3 months ago was to go watch a comedy show being made at the BBC studios in London.

The show is set in a toy shop and on display was (allegedly) original big ted as used in the UK version of Play School. The warm up man started telling us about them but was quickly silenced by the production staff so i don’t think we were meant to know (but the truth is out now perhaps?)

We didn’t have a Manu in the UK, but we did have a Hamble, affectionally described ‘the hate figure of the under-fives for the entire run of the programme’: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/playschool/trivia.shtml

I shall definitely visit Te Papa to track these distant relatives of my own childhood idols. Albeit in their decapitated form.

]]> By: Stephen Judd http://www.robyngallagher.com/2009/12/01/part-10-the-case-of-the-exploding-bear/comment-page-1/#comment-53301 Stephen Judd Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:09:44 +0000 http://www.robyngallagher.com/?p=3008#comment-53301 I actually feel a little bit horrified by this. I actually feel a little bit horrified by this.

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